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Only to further confuse the original poster. I have a late 1950's south bend vertical mill. At around 1800 lbs, she is heavy and rigid, unfortunately the 1hp motor tends to hold her back from taking deep cuts. But with that said, i would rather have an under powered rigid machine than the converse. If i were buying new, i would tend to start looking at the rf45 clones to the 3/4 scale bp clones... there is lots of value out there new, it just requires lots of research, and what you are doing here, asking questions. Talk to suppliers, they may be able to point you in a good direction.
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